Horchateria Rio Luna

Horchateria Rio Luna is a coffee shop in Paramount, California, at 15950 Paramount Boulevard. It has fused traditional Mexican flavors with American favorites since March 2016, and is owned by David Vazquez and Ashley Leon-Vazquez, a Mexican American married couple who grew up in Paramount. The menu is built around horchata, coffee and churros, with signature items including the Churro Sundae, four churros topped with homemade horchata ice cream, whipped cream and drizzles; the Mazapan Frappe, a blend of coffee, milk and nutty Mexican candy finished with whipped cream and cinnamon; the Horchata Iced Coffee; and the Concha Ice Cream Sandwich, a traditional Mexican concha filled with horchata ice cream and topped with cajeta drizzle and walnuts. Everything is made fresh daily, and vegan options are available on request. The shop offers dine-in, delivery and to-go service, and also carries a selection of merchandise crafted by local artists and rooted in Latino and Mexican culture. It holds a rating of 4.40 from customer reviews.

The business began with the idea of sharing the joy of churros and horchata, first conceived as a roadside stand before expanding to include coffee. It found its home in a shopping center, and in 2017 it was named Small Business of the Year for the 63rd District in the state of California.

The shop sits on Paramount Boulevard near its intersection with Alondra Boulevard. The Paramount Library is about 0.2 miles away, as is the Gateway Cities Council government office. The Paramount Veterans Memorial is about 0.3 miles from the shop, and Paramount City Hall is roughly the same distance.

The 2017 Small Business of the Year recognition for the 63rd District reflects a coffee shop that has grown from a roadside stand into a fixture of Paramount, serving churros, horchata and coffee to the city its owners grew up in.